War Cry - August, 2013 Page 13

The War Cry | AUGUST 2013

STACY VOSS

Although Sheila had no formal Christian training, she was asked

to create and teach lessons each week. For girls. Starting high
school. The very ones wrestling with their identity and trying to fi nd
their place in the world. A stay-at-home mother of young children,
my friend could barely answer those questions for herself, let alone
teach them to others. "How can I ever be of any assistance to them?
Who am I to do this?"

Have you felt the same? Maybe the circumstances were different,

but the question was the same: Who am I? It's a question most of us
ask when called to something far beyond our means. How could I
possibly help people with HIV/AIDS? I don't know anything about
what it's like to be homeless, so how can I witness to people that are?
Who am I to demonstrate Christ's love to my children day in and day

Who Am I?

The Real Question, The Right Answer

y friend, Sheila

had only been a Christian a

short time when presented with the opportu-
nity to teach a Sunday school class of ninth
grade girls. Opportunity might not be the best

way to say it, for everyone in the church knew of those
girls

. "I've never done ministry on my own before," Sheila

wondered. "How can I teach them anything?"

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